City fights paying $500K to anti-tax group COAST

5:09 PM,
Sep. 26, 2013

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Cincinnati officials on Thursday filed yet another appeal in a 5-year-old case, attempting to avoid paying more than half a million dollars to attorneys for the anti-tax group COAST.

The Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes originally sued because only groups with a council member's sponsorship could hold rallies and press conferences in the lobby of City Hall. The city eventually changed its rules to prohibit any gatherings, but not ...